Toilet Paper Trail

OpenAI’s facing pressure from inside and outside the building.

The DOJ alleges an OpenAI engineer plugged a toilet-paper-wrapped “sophisticated recording device” into an executive conference room’s TV (see where it was hidden). OpenAI found the device in a wipe sweep of the room, then used its AI to trace it back to the employee, a Saudi national who was fired and arrested on federal charges of intercepting oral communications.

OpenAI sees no sign any code or customer data was taken, and the FBI called protecting AI innovation one of its “highest counterintelligence priorities.”

Meanwhile, eight states sued OpenAI Wednesday under consumer protection and public nuisance law, saying it misled users on ChatGPT’s safety. They allege its agreeable design is especially dangerous for kids, citing self-harm coaching and dangerous medical advice. OpenAI promised to build more safeguards while highlighting its “industry-leading” teen protections.

RADIATE HOPE
When reading the news feels like a nagging reminder of the world’s darkness, remember that our hope is built on the rock-solid promises of a good and faithful Father, the undimmable light of Jesus, and the restorative power of the Spirit. No headline can take that away.

“In him was life, and that life was the light of men. That light shines in the darkness, and yet the darkness did not overcome it.”
John 1:4-5 (CSB) (read full passage)